[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Before they eventually make their way into these ominous Ruins, Shiva takes a moment to page through her notebook to make a mental note: 'The first of these ancient Artifacts is said to be directly below the Barrow Downs and stolen and hidden by ghosts' - and to summon her anti-ghost-doggo from his Ball. She affectionately tousles through her good boi's black neck fur, rearranges her comfy Ranger Cloak and finally ... takes the first step alongside the others. She's hoping - nope, BELIEVING - that this isn't the first step into doom but rather into glory and salvation.

Maybe it's obvious, maybe not, but Shiva would really really wish to become a wielder of one of these Artifacts.

She keeps herself close to Arachna - just in case, and she lets Yena pick up and remember her scent if too much heavy perfume doesn't disguise it. It relieves Shiva that at the current time of day there are less ghosts lurking around and that the Scims will take care of them, this encourages her to wander a bit further away from Spira. Not too far away though, still close enough that she'll sense or hear any call for help with a potential ill-natured Spiritomb.
EDIT: Oh no, wait, can't help in this scenario due to Cap.1. Sorry!


Just as she was letting her gaze wander - she's pretty adamant about not starring for too long at any tombs, they're creepy - some skittering noise makes her fastly turn into it's direction.

4. Name: Daaarkness
A fairly nice straightforward path suddenly reaches a pair of stone pillars with a missing top, like an old archway. In line with the pillars, and everywhere beyond, it is just pitch black. Lots of skittering noises in there.

She shivers over that uncommonly dark blackness, something must be...devouring any light within and beyond these pillars. That 'something' catches her attention and interrest, though she's very unsure why. "Hey, Yena.... Arachna..." she'll adress her butterwolfy and edgy partner before approaching this darkness, "You hear these sounds as well? Yena, can you smell...any Pokemon in that direction?" What feeling does she herself get from the pillars and this darkness?

Yena does smell Pokemon. Multiple corporeal Pokemon, and ghosts.

Shiva can only feel the oppressive corruption of the Barrow Downs. It's everywhere.